Continuation of Prison Decongestion: For about 4 years, HRCRC has been representing and trying to secure the release of 36 inmates incarcerated in the Abakaliki Correctional Custodial Center (Prisons) unjustly. These inmates had been discharged by four different courts on four different occasions in the course of our interventions but their detention continued. Gleefully, 12 […]
Instituting HelpDesk Offices in Selected LGAs in Ebonyi
Instituting HelpDesk Offices in Selected LGAs in Ebonyi: In the past months, HRCRC in collaboration with Enough is Enough Nigeria has implemented #myLGA project in 6 Local Governments of Ebonyi State. Ebonyi, Abakaliki, Ishielu, Afikpo, Onicha and Ezza North LGAs. Last month, stakeholder townhall meetings was held in these 6 LGAs, instituting in each a […]
Justice, Human Rights and Prison Decongestion
Justice, Human Rights and Prison Decongestion Following our resolve to uphold Human Rights by Decongesting the Prisons of inmates who shouldn’t be incarcerated, HRCRC facilitated the release of 13 inmates – discharge of five (5) and bail of eight (8) from Abakaliki Correctional Centre between May and June, 2024. Remarkably, one of 5 who was […]
HRCRC Visits Abakaliki Correctional Centre to Mark International Human Rights Day
HRCRC Visits Abakaliki Correctional Centre to Mark International Human Rights Day: Commemorating the 2023 International Human Rights Day Themed – Freedom, Equality and Justice for All, Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution Centre HRCRC, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State visited the Nigeria Correctional Service, Abakaliki Custodial Centre, to interact with the wardens and inmates; donating medical items, drugs […]
IF A WOMAN BUYS A PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM.
IF A WOMAN BUYS A PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM. Important to note in repressive cultures like ours here… Where a woman buys a property in the name of her husband, it does not belong to him. Rather, the husband is holding the property in trust (as […]